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Kanye West did a music video with wax figures of nude celebrities including Taylor Swift and that had barely any backlash. Is it because he’s known as an artist? The price of the recreation? The way it’s distributed? Is creating fake images of someone nude in a somewhat sexual context meaningfully different from creating images of them actively engaging in sex acts?

It’s almost like the problem is nobody claiming it as art they created.

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I remember some backlash about that.

> Is creating fake images of someone nude in a somewhat sexual context meaningfully different from creating images of them actively engaging in sex acts?

Yes.

Yeah maybe its the anonymous creation of it, I could see that being part of the difference at least. It is much easier to get angry about some random, anonymous person rather than a known entity. Maybe it also helps that you can't, and therefore don't have to, make the decision of whether to sue the creator for using your likeness.

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